Have you tried the FAQ in my sig? The getting started guide is correct and that first one you tried should work just fine. If you are not playing from your home network, the network you are on may be blocking the ports required to play EQ (like if you go through a proxy). If you manage your own home network, then that shouldn't be the case.
The other possible cause could be the client you installed. If you patched it to Live at all, or if you are using an illegal download, it may not be the actual Titanium client. You can check that by referring to the client version details in the getting started wiki near the top. If you installed Titanium from the retail CDs, you should not be having the issue you are having. If you didn't install it from the retail CDs, then you may be running a different client than you think and may need to use port 5999 instead of 5998.
Finally, the last possible cause is that your eqhost.txt file isn't saving your changes. If you are on Vista or Windows 7, UAC doesn't like you changing files manually in the program files folder. You can either disable UAC or move your EQ folder out of program files and try agian. Also, make sure you don't have any extra carriage returns or spaces at the end of the lines in your eqhosts.txt file, as that can cause issues.
And just to be sure, make sure you created your shortcut to eqgame.exe and NOT everquest.exe.
Also, I moved your thread to the appropriate section.
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